Defer. 
88 GREATER DOG FISH. ClafsIV. 
Its fkin and flefh has an offenfive rank {mell x 
therefore we fuppofe Mr. Dale gave it ironically the 
title of Sweet Wiliam *. 
VII. ‘The GREATER DOG FISH. 
Ne€gias. LxvA10S, Acegias ? Greater Cat fith : the Bounce. 
Arifi. Hift. an. libs ve 0.10. Rati fyn. pife. a2 f 
SU RGChEOL iu: Squalus ex rufo varius, pinna 
ani medio inter anum et cau- 
TloixiAos? Oppian Halicut.1.331. : 
em pinnatum. . Spite 
LaRouffete commune. Belon 65. Gem, pramatins je tged aay 
Canicula Ariffotelis. Rondel. 
97. Bray 
380. Gefner pile. 168. Squalus canicula. Lin. f/f. 399. 
Gronov, Zooph. No. 125. 
is Catulus.major vulgaris. Wil, Gooner Cat ith. Edu. 289. 
Icth. 62. 
HIS fpecies being remarkably fpotted, may 
| be the fame known to antients by the names 
exprefied in the fynonyms; but they fo frequently 
leave fuch flight notices of the animals they mention, 
that we are often obliged to add a doubtful mark (?) 
to numbers of them. 
The weight of one we took was fix pounds three 
ounces, and yet it meafured three feet eight inches in 
leneth ; fo light are the cartilaginous fifh in refpect 
to their fize. 
The nofe was fhort, and very blunt, not extend- 
ing above an inch and an half beyond the mouth. 
The noftrils were large, placed near the mouth, and 
covered with a large angular flap: the head very 
flat. 
® if}. Harwich, 420. 
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